The Least Sigh of Desire

(Photography by Studio Pizza - found here)

If I speak
I may not hear the loons, and sighs
may turn to ash. Better take
Elijah’s part and leave the fire unlit—drenched
even, tear and sweat-sodden—and let
the mystery flame it, give the voice and thew
in Isaac’s place. Now

I can hear the life and spirit of man,
the sweet melancholy of the diving bird.

~Tyler Rogness

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